Atomium Spheres

This is another HDR photo I took at the Atomium, Brussels. I like the reflection in the spheres.

Here is another one during sunset (shot through dirty glass, my apologies)

Another interesting photo course

This video shows that more and more people have followed a photo course and are able to appreciate the beauty of a photo (Dutch only).

Atomium in HDR

I did some experiments with HDR near the Atomium, Brussels (Belgium). This HDR photo is made from three photos, hand-held with auto-exposure bracketing in Av mode with Photomatix Pro 3.2. You can see wonderful details, both in the highlights and in the shadows.

Can you spot the moon on this photo?

Sushi Etiquette

My ‘Bookmark’ Brain

In part 3 of the ‘ Brain’ series I want to share how I manage my bookmarks on my computers. I bookmark the web sites I visit most on the navigation toolbar of my browser. Depending on the task I am using Firefox (general web browsing), Google Chrome Beta (for faster execution of Flash applications like Flickr and Mafia Wars, Farmville, Cafe World on Facebook) and Internet Explorer (when the web site does not render correctly in Firefox or Google Chrome).

On all browsers I would like to have my navigation toolbar the same. Luckily XMarks solves this problem for me.

XMarks is installed on all browsers you use and keeps all bookmark collections in sync. When you change something in your bookmark collection in one of the browsers, the changes are copied to the other browsers. These browsers can be installed on the same computer or on different computers. Furthermore, your bookmark collections can be accessed through the XMarks web site. This also serves as a backup, in case you accidently delete something.

For an overview of the features see https://www.xmarks.com/about/features

Message for my email, RSS, Facebook (and other) subscribers

Whenever I post a new blog entry, a message is sent to my email, RSS, Facebook (and other) subscribers. The message contains (much of) the text of the entry. I want to draw your attention to the fact that you will not always see the entire blog entry. Videos and other elements are not always included in the message.

So I invite you to click on the link in the message and read the blog post directly from my blog web site. This will ensure you will enjoy the full experience!